Robinson: Children running out of luck

For those of you who are not familiar with YouTube’s “AngryGrandpaShow,” Grandpa is, well, an angry old man.

He has no problem voicing his opinion about a myriad of topics from Justin Bieber to the aforementioned quote after hearing the Casey Anthony verdict.

Although I don’t recommend the faint of heart to look at Grandpa’s videos (his profanity laced tirades will make your ears bleed), I was introduced to the angry old man via a forwarded email message that came the day after Casey Anthony was found not guilty for the murder of her daughter, Caylee.

As one of the jurors in the Anthony case said, “Not guilty does not mean innocent.”

By the reaction by people like Angry Grandpa and others, I would have to say many people agree.

Unfortunately, we will probably never know what happened to Caylee. But one thing I have yet to figure out is how any parent could kill his or her child.

In this country, according to the American Anthropological Association, from “three to five children are killed by a parent every day.”

EVERY DAY???!! And the vast majority of these children are killed by their mothers.

In addition, according to the AAA, “80 percent of women who kill their children suffer mental illness.”

Were these women mentally ill before they killed their children or did they become mentally ill after they became mothers? My guess would be a little of both.

Postpartum depression is real. I understand that and I also know that postpartum depression can escalate into postpartum psychosis. However, from everything I’ve read about postpartum psychosis, even when untreated, this illness usually lasts only a few months.

Since men don’t experience postpartum depression or psychosis, why are so many mothers and fathers killing their children?

I am not a parent nor do I play one on TV. But even without having any children, I know I would never harm my child or anyone else’s.

I’m pretty sure if one of my nieces, nephews or godchildren went missing, I wouldn’t wait 31 days — or 31 minutes for that matter — to report it.

Heck, I wouldn’t wait 31 minutes to report my dog missing.

And if so many children are being killed by their parents each day, why haven’t these statistics been more widely reported? What, if anything, is being done to either get these parents the help they need or make sure the children are taken out of the home where they can be safe?

Sure, sometimes the killings come without warning. But I have read of other cases — too many I might add — where the parent has expressed an interest in using their children as a way of getting back at a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife.

There is no postpartum depression or psychosis involved, just pure vindictiveness and hatred. But why kill the children?

Why kill the ones that parents are supposed to love and protect?

As you can probably tell, I have more questions than answers, And quite frankly, I don’t know what can be done to stop these atrocities from happening.

The only thing I do know is that if something isn’t done, if some answers aren’t found, then more children will continue to run out of luck — with or without a lucky horseshoe.